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Wars don't stop at Christmas, but the Christmas holiday gives us victorious hope and unites us with a common tradition. In the new issue of the Local History magazine, read about how Ukrainians celebrated Christmas in times of war and deprivation, while behind bars and far from home

Read in the issue:

• When Christmas tree lights meet cannon fire: how the birth of a soldier's Christ was celebrated in the trenches of World War I
Nativity scenes in Soviet camps, quiet carols in Bereza-Kartuzka, bread and water in NKVD prisons: when celebrating Christmas was a sign of invincibility
• On Christmas Eve 1948, the Soviet secret services shot down a nativity scene in Malchytsi, Lviv region. How the village remembers the tragedy - in the report
• amulets made of straw, Christmas tree branches decorated with cookies, Christmas bread and porridge: rituals that accompanied the Christmas of our ancestors
• Why is the celebration of the New Year a story planned by the Soviet authorities? Let's find out together with historian Olena Stiazhkina
• fireworks, multi-day feasts, singing choirs and orchestras: how Christmas celebrations took place in Hetman's Ukraine